Season 2: Episode 50 - ALFRED HITCHCOCK: Rope (1948)

Rope (1948)

 

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, screenplay by Arthur Laurents which is based on the true crime story of Loeb and Leobald who killed 14 year old Bobby Franks in 1924.  Before being a film, it was a successful play by Patrick Hamilton.

 

This is the first technicolour film of Hitchcocks and is known for being filmed in real time and edited to look as it is one continuous shot from beginning to end.  It is the second film that Hitchcock would film in a limited setting.  The film was shot using ten minute takes due to the size of the film canisters at that time and the set was the largest ever built for a film.  The set also encompasses a cyclorama which was in the background with lights coming on in the New York City background, the sun setting and clouds made from spun glass moving across the sky.

 

The film starred James Stewart and Farley Granger and is truly memorable for its one shot momentum.  Hitchcock makes two appearance in this film, see if you can spot them.

 

We are joined by special guest co-host Josh Monroe from the sensational The City Within the Walls.  You can follow him by clicking on the following links:  Website, iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Podbean or via is RSS Feed. 

 

Opening Credits (.20); Introduction (6.04); Forming the Plot (19.22); Commercial Break (30.14); Film Trailer (33.01); Lights, Camera, Action (36.36); Epilogue (1:08.15); End Credits (1:14.31); Closing Credits (1:17.42)

 

Opening Credits:  Friendship Train by Gladys Knight and the Pips from the album The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips

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Closing Credits: Ball of Confusion – by Leon Bridges – Taken from the album The Get Down – Original Soundtrack from Netflix Series

 

Literary License Podcast would like to thank Netflix for the use of Ball of Confusion.

 

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